Juan Marcos Martinez Chacon

University of California, Berkeley

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Juan Marcos Martinez Chacon of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, is the recipient of a $5,000 grant through the WHCA toward a post-graduate degree for a student in the Government and Public Affairs reporting track. As a reporter in Mexico Marcos covered political and governmental affairs for Grupo Reforma and CNN Mexico’s news site. He has also written about technology and Hispanic communities in the Bay Area for media outlets such as Univision Noticias.

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